Card-holder.



PATENTE@ JUNE so, 1908.

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- GARD 50mm.l PPLIOTIGH FILED MAY 22, 1907.

4 Troie/Wim WILLIAM E. KNOBER. 0i? ELY, NEVADA.

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Specification ci.' Lettera Intcnt,

Patentes .raue ec, 190s.

Application tiled Hey 52%, Bartali its. '$75,037.

T o all 'whom it may concern 4 Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. KNODER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Ely, in the county of White Pine and State of Nevada, have invented a new and useful Card- Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention. relates to improvements in devices for holding cards, papers, and other matter containing appropriate inscri ptions designating location or other data, and it has for its object to provide a device of this character that is especially adapted to be employed as a receptacle for holding papers that are used on mining properties, and in similar connections, for the purpose of designating the location and other characteristics, the device being so constructed that it thoroughly incloses the apers, thereby protecting them from the in luences of moisture and climatic conditions, and the construction of the device is such that it may be -made cheaply from sheet material.

. To these and other ends, the invention coniprises the various novel features of construction and combination and arrangement oi parts which will be hereinai'ter'in ore fully described and pointed out particularly in the ap ended claims.

n the accompanying drawing :--Figure i is a perspective view of a card or aper holder constructed in accordance Wit i the present invention, and exhibiting the saine suspended from a support. Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section of thedevice shown in Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a diagram of the blank partly formed u Fi 4 is a perspective view of another orm o the invention.

Corresponding parts in the, several iigures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

The` card or paper holder shown in the present embodiment of my invention comprises a bottom portion that is composed of a single iece of sheet material, metal bein preferab y employed to insure durability anc protection of the papers it contains from the influences of the atmosphere.

In the present instance, is formedup from a blank having an o lon of sheet ma .crial shape, the lower half of the blank 1 having ateral iiaps 2 and 3 formed on-its o posite longitudinal edges, and it is provide with a flap 4 at its end, the adjacent epcs of the lateraland end aps being beve e the body portion is riveted or soldered, as

or cut away at 5 and @to form a imiter I joint between 4the flaps when the latter are ldoubled er folded inwardly4 upon the re'- spective edges of the body portion. 44:"hose' edges of the lateral flaps that are adjacent to the center of the blank are also beveled as at 7 and 8, to form oppositely inclined edges when the lateral flaps are doubled over the body portion. is provided with a pair ot lateral i'iapsl and 11 and an end r'iap l2 The upper half 9 of the blank that are folded ini-?.

Wardly from the respective edges thereof,

forming reinforcements which serve to stien it, the adjacent edges of the ilaps of the upper halt being beveled or cnt away to form the initer joints 13' and i4, when the iaps Aare folded. V i

lfv'hile the 'flaps oi the upper half of the body portion are in folded position, as shown in Fig. 3, the blank is doubled on the line 15, the halves ci the body portionbeing thus superposed and. forming a pocket or receptacle between. them adapted to contain diagrams, plans, or 'other papers, designated C, the latter boing introduced either before or after the blank has been folded, bnt priorto the folding ot the iiaps on the lower half of the blank. Vihen the iiaps last mentioned are folded over the edges oi the 'upper half of the blank, the latter is securely fastened in coperative relation with the lower haii", the

ilaps of the latter serving to seal or close the space between the two halves of the body portion at three sic and the fold connecting the halves serving to close the upperremaining side. By folding the 'flaps oi the lower section over the edges of the up er section, a receptacleis formed betwecnt e flaps and the adjacent surface of' the upper section into which may be inserted a card bearing a suitable inscription, the receptacle thus provided being open at the top to facilitate the insertion and removal oi the cards or labels.

it so desired, the device may be constructed as shown in Fig. '4, wherein the flaps 2a, 3a, and 4@ are made longer than those shown in the form just described, the extended a s providing. lbetter linger-holds whereby t e holder 'may be openedwith greater facility Any suitable means may be provided for supporting the holder, that shown in the present instance consisting of a strip 16 that i7, to tlw rear of the lower section l and is rovided with an aperture 18 or other suitab e means whereby it may be supported on a stake, tree, or other support. i

A. card or paper holder constructed in accordance with the present embodiment of the.

invention may be used generally as a recep tacle for cards or labels which are visible from the exterior of the holder, being inyserted' between the folded flaps which constitute retaining iiaiiges and the adjacent surface of the body portion, the retainii'ig` flanges surrounding the holder at the bottoni and vvertical sides and leaving the top open to permitinsertion and removal of the cards and labels. it also provides a closed receptacle or pocket adapted to contain diagrams, plans, and other papers pertaining to the location or other characteristic-s oi mining and other properties, and when so used, a label brieily describing the contents of the inclosedpa ers may be inserted in the iront of .the hoder, and, of course, when desirable, the papers may be removed by bending back the securing aps and unfolding the sections of the holder.

What is claimed is 1. A card or paper holder com rising a body composed of sheet material olded to form a pocket, and means constituting an integral portion of the ier marginally sealing t e pocket on all sides.

2. A card or paper holder composed of astrin of sheet material having sections folded to iorma paper-receiving pocket between them, and relient flaps integral with one of the sections and cooperating with the other body for securing the ioldedportions in coplerative relation and senseo 'section-for retaining the two sections in 3s et. A card or paper holder composed of'. Y

sheet material embodying a'pair of sections arranged in folded relation, one of the sec tions having its edges provided with flaps that are folded inwardly thereon; the other section having similar -iaps that are folded inwardly and over the corresponding ed es of the other section to provide a three-si ed marginal seal to retain the sections in coperative relation, the fourth side'of the seal being formed by the fold and means attached to one of the sections for supporting the sections. A

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing *as my own, I have hereto aiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses,

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Witnesses D. W. ELLIS, ED. E. TAYLOR. 

